Man who drives wife to drug court gets charged with DWI

Sheriff’s deputies said they arrested a 68-year-old Bethlehem man with a 0.10 blood-alcohol content while he waited for his wife to return from a drug court appointment and drank beer in his running vehicle.

The sheriff’s office said drug court staff noticed Barry Babcock, of 34 Willow Brook Ave., was intoxicated outside the Albany County Judicial Center and had dropped someone off at drug court. Babcock was sitting behind the wheel of his car with the car running. Deputies approached Babcock and noticed a strong odor of alcohol, slurred speech and glassy eyes, deputies said, and also discovered he drank several beers at home before taking his wife to drug court.